28th Annual Meeting & Workshops

Accepted Abstracts

Saturday, April 29, 2006 • 1:45 – 3:45 pm

Session A: Poster Discussion I – Vascular/Thoracic
Moderators: David J. Cook, MD/Mary Beth Brady, MD

SCA1 APROTININ USE AND RED BLOOD CELL TRANSFUSION IN OFF-PUMP BILATERAL LUNG TRANSPLANTATION
Morozowich S; Shu L; Phillips-Bute B; Hartwig M; Appel J; Welsby I
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

SCA2 CARDIAC FUNCTION AND ACUTE LUNG INJURY AFTER THORACIC SURGERY
Amar D; Zhang H; Roistacher N
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

SCA3 COMBINED CLOPIDOGREL AND ASPIRIN THERAPY IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY IS ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCREASED RISK OF POSTOPERATIVE BLEEDING
Hindler K; Collard C; Lee V; Vaughn W; Pan W
The Texas Heart Institute at St Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX, USA

SCA4 INTENSE CARDIAC TROPONIN SURVEILLANCE FOR LONG-TERM BENEFITS IS COST-EFFECTIVE IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING ABDOMINAL AORTIC SURGERY
Mantha S¹; Ellis J²; Foss J³; Roizen M^3
1Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, AP, IN; ²University of Chicago, Chicago, IL; ³The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA

SCA5 PERIOPERATIVE CHANGES IN RED BLOOD CELL DEFORMABILITY IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING MAJOR NON CARDIAC SURGERY: PRELIMINARY RESULTS
Christie A; Roche A; Bennett-Guerrero E
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

SCA6 APROTININ USE AND ALLOGRAFT FUNCTION AFTER OFF PUMP BILATERAL LUNG TRANSPLANTATION
Morozowich S; Lin S; Phillips-Bute B; Hartwig M; Appel J; Ian W
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

SCA7 DIAGNOSIS AND ASSESSMENT OF PERIOPERATIVE DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION DURING ELECTIVE ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM REPAIR AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY
Mahmood F; Matyal R; Subramaniam B; Mitchell J
BIDMC, Boston, MA, USA

SCA8 ANESTHETIC PROBLEM-SOLVING FOR ENDOVASCULAR REPAIR OF A GIANT INNOMINATE ARTERY PSEUDOANEURYSM ERODING INTO A MEDIASTINAL TRACHEOSTOMY
Augoustides J¹; Berkowitz D²; Floyd T¹; Szeto W¹; Woo E¹; Velazquez O¹; McGarvey M¹; Acker M¹; Fairman R^1
1Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, ²Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA

SCA9 NITROSATIVE STRESS ASSOCIATED WITH SINGLE LUNG VENTILATION AND PULMONARY RESECTION IMPAIRS MYOCARDIAL CALCIUM CYCLING
Pan B; Hong R; Singer A; Lane P; Crabtree M; Heerdt P
Cornell University, New York, NY, USA

SCA10 DETECTION OF LOW PLASMA LEVELS OF LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN
Inchiosa Jr M; Pothula S; Sanchala V; Kubal K
New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA

Saturday, April 29, 2006 • 1:45 – 3:45 pm

Session B: Poster Discussion II – Cardia
Moderators: Nancy A. Nussmeier, MD/Albert T.W. Cheung, MD

SCA11 DEPRESSION AFTER CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT SURGERY AND GENETIC VARIABILITY IN TWO SEROTONIN RELATED POLYMORPHISMS
Phillips-Bute B; Mathew J; Morris R; Podgoreanu M; Stafford-Smith M; Grocott H; Schwinn D; Blumenthal J; Newman M
Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

SCA12 EFFECTS OF CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS AND ANEMIA ON RENAL GENE EXPRESSION
Darby P¹; Briet F²; Harrington A²; Hare G²; Mazer D^2
1St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; ²St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

SCA13 HIGH THORACIC EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA’S EFFECTS ON MYOCARDIAL BLOOD FLOW, OXYGEN CONSUMPTION, MYOCARDIAL WORK, AND MARKERS OF ISCHEMIA DURING CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING: A RANDOMIZED, CONTROLLED TRIAL
Hutcheson J¹; Sonntag H¹; Hill E¹; Hanekop G²; Kazmair S^2
1Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA; ²GeorgAugust University of Göttingen, Göttingen, LS, Germany

SCA14 THE INFLUENCE OF MINI-THORACOTOMY VS. MEDIAN STERNOTOMY ON THE INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE TO VALVE SURGERY
Szabo T; Mathew J; White W; Morris R; Newman M; Grocott H
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

SCA15 REDUCTION IN MICROBUBBLE SIZE USING PERFLUOROCARBONS DURING CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS IN THE RAT
Yoshitani K; Ma Q; de Lange F; Grocott H; Mackensen G
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

SCA16 DESFLURANE CAUSES MORE ARRYTHMIAS IN OPCAB THAN SEVOFLURANE
Noël M; Choucri E; Noiseux N; Olivier J; Le N; Hemmerling T
University of Montreal, Montreal, PQ, Canada

SCA17 PLAQUE SCORE OF CAROTID ARTERIES AS A PREDICTOR OF SILENT CEREBRAL INFARCTION IN ELDERLY CORONARY SURGICAL PATIENTS
Baba T; Goto T; Maekawa K; Yoshitake A
Kumamoto Chuo Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan

SCA18 ATRIAL NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE REDUCES MYOCARDIAL STUNNING IN RABBITS
Tse J; Moalem J; Davidov T; Scholz P; Weiss H
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA

SCA19 THE EFFECT OF 6% HYDROXYETHYL STARCH 130/0.4 ON COAGULATION AND VOLUME EXPANSION IN OFF-PUMP CORONARY BYPASS GRAFT SURGERY: COMPARISON WITH 6% HYDROXYETHYL STARCH 200/0.5
Kwak Y; Na S; Shim Y; Shim J; Hong Y
Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

SCA20 DIFFUSION WEIGHTED MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AND NEUROLOGIC INJURY AFTER CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY
Goto T; Maekawa K; Baba T; Yoshitake A
Kumamoto Chuo Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan

SCA21 RETROGRADE RENAL PERFUSION WITH PERFLUOROCARBON EMULSION PROVIDING SYSTEMIC OXYGENATION IN A RABBIT MODEL
Ereth M, Humphreys M, Sebo T, Oliver Jr W, Nuttall G, Gettman M
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA

Sunday, April 30, 2006 • 1:30 – 3:30 pm

Session C: Poster Discussion III – Coagulation
Moderators: Bruce D. Spiess, MD/C. David Mazer, MD, FRCPC

SCA22
COMPARISON OF THE EFFECTS OF TRANEXAMIC ACID, APROTININ AND PLACEBO ON BLOOD CONSERVATION, FIBRINOLYSIS AND PLATELET FUNCTION WITH EXTENSIVE HEART SURGERY. A RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL.
Demeyere R; Bosteels A; Arnout J
University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Flemisch B, Belgium

SCA23 DETERMINANT OF COMPLICATIONS WITH RECOMBINANT FACTOR VIIA (RFVIIA) THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH EXCESSIVE BLOOD LOSS AFTER CARDIAC SURGERY
Meineri M; Van Rensburg A; Wasowicz M; Karkouti K; Beattie S; Wijeysundera D; McCluskey S
Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

SCA24 PROTAMINE INFUSION TO ELIMINATE RESIDUAL ANTI-XA ACTIVITY AFTER CARDIAC SURGERY.
Welsby I¹; Ortel T¹; Mark J²; Slaughter T^3
1Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA; ²Durham VAMC, Durham, NC, USA; ³Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, USA

SCA25 IMPLEMENTATION OF A TRETMENT PROTOCOL FOR EXCESSIVELY BLEEDING CARDIAC SURGICAL PATIENTS MAY IMPROVE CLINICAL OUTCOMES
Meineri M; Van Rensburg A; Wasowicz M; McCluskey S; Wijeysundera D; Beattie S; Karkouti K
Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

SCA26 COMBINATION ANTICOAGULATION MINIMIZES THROMBIN GENERATION DURING EXPERIMENTAL CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS
Welsby I; Jones W; DeLange F; Arepally G; Phillips-Bute B; Grocott H; Mackensen G
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

SCA27 COLLAGEN WHOLE BLOOD PLATELET AGGGREGOMETRY PREDICTS MYOCARDIAL INJURY AFTER CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT IN ASPIRIN TAKING PATIENTS
Jeon Y; Lee J; Lee J; Bahk J
Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea

SCA28 HEPARIN ANTIBODIES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERE ADVERSE OUTCOMES IN THE EVOLUTION TRIALS
Spiess B¹; Aronson S²; Dyke C³; Koster A⁴; Smedira N⁵; Aldea G⁶; Avery E⁷; Agnihotri A⁷; Veal J³; Francis J^8
1Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, VA, USA; ²Duke University, Durham, NC, USA; ³Gaston Medical Center, Gastonia, NC, USA; ⁴Deutsches Herzzentrum, Berlin, Germany; ⁵Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA; ⁶University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; ⁷Harvard University/Massachusettes General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; ⁸Florida Hospital Center, Orlando, FL, USA

SCA29 MAGNESIUM THERAPY DOES NOT PREVENT PLATELET OR LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION DURING CARDIAC SURGERY
Bissessar R¹; Rinder C²; Rinder H²; Phillips-Bute B¹; Grocott H¹; Smith B²; Newman M¹; Mathew J^1
1Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA; ²Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

Tuesday, May 2, 2006 • 1:30 – 3:30 pm

Session C: Poster Discussion IV – Cardiac
Modertors: Jack S. Shanewise, MD/Martin J. London, MD

SCA30 A SELECTIVE INHIBITOR OF APOPTOTIC PROTEIN P53 ENHANCES ISOFLURANE-INDUCED CARDIOPROTECTION DURING EARLY REPERFUSION IN RABBITS
Venkatapuram S; Krolikowski J; Wang C; Warltier D; Kersten J; Pratt P; Pagel P
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA

SCA31 WORSENING OF LONG-TERM MYOCARDIAL FUNCTION AFTER SUCCESSFUL PHARMACOLOGICAL PRECONDITIONING WITH CYCLOSPORINE
Laudi S¹; Weimann J¹; Haschke M²; Trump S; Schmitz V; Kaisers U¹; Christians U; Steudel W
¹Charite - Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany; ²University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, USA

SCA32 CLINICAL, PROCEDURAL AND GENETIC DETERMINANTS OF QTC PROLONGATION FOLLOWING CARDIAC SURGERY
Zhang Q; Morris R; Mathew J; Schwinn D; Newman M; Podgoreanu M
Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

SCA33 IMMEDIATE EXTUBATION: A ROUTINE AFTER OPEN HEART SURGERY? A PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF 635 PATIENTS.
Hemmerling T; Basile F; Noiseux N; Olivier J; Choinière J; Prieto I
University of Montreal, Montreal, PQ, Canada

SCA34 ISOFLURANE ATTENUATES APOPTOSIS AFTER REGIONAL MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA AND REPERFUSION IN RABBITS VIA PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL-3-KINASE/AKT SIGNALING
Raphael J¹; Rivo J²; Abedat S²; Meir K²; Beeri R²; Pugatsch T²; Gozal Y^2
1University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA; ²Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

SCA35 OUTCOMES OF PREDICTING MITRAL SYSTOLIC ANTERIOR MOTION (SAM) IN MITRAL VALVE REPAIR
Abenathy III J; Nowak M; Brinster D; Locke A; Scott J; Cohn L; D’Ambra M
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

SCA36 SEVERE DECREASES IN ANTITHROMBIN III ACTIVITY: SHOULD WE BE MONITORING THEM DURING DEEP HYPOTHERMIC CIRCULATORY ARREST?
Sniecinski R; Chen E; Tanaka K
Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA

SCA37 IMPROVED CLOT FORMATION BY COMBINED ADMINISTRATION OF FIBRINOGEN AND ACTIVATED FACTOR VIIA
Taketomi T; Piamsonboon C; Szlam F; Calazis A; Tanaka K; Levy J
Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA

SCA38 IS THE ROUTINE USE OF CERTIFIED REGISTERD NURSE ANESTHETISTS ASSOCIATED WITH A HOSPITAL’S RISK
ADJUSTED CABG SURGERY SURVIVAL RATES?
Brown P²; Anderson A²; Houser F²; Culler S⁴; Simon A¹; Tarkington L^2
1Cardiac Data Solutions, Inc., Atlanta, GA, USA; ²HCA CCMN, Nashville, TN, USA; ³Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA

SCA39 HYPOTENSION DURING CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH COGNITIVE DECLINE AFTER CABG
Green A; White W; Grocott H; Mathew J; Bar-Yosef S
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

SCA40 INCREASED PKA-MEDIATED PHOSPHORYLATION OF MYOCARDIAL BETA-2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTORS IN A LARGE ANIMAL MODEL OF CHRONIC HEART FAILURE
Monreal G; Gerhardt M
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

Monday Posters, May 1, 2006 • 12:30 – 1:30 pm

Moderators: James G. Ramsay, MD/Colleen G. Koch, MD, MS

SCA41 RENAL DYSFUNCTION AFTER DEEP HYPOTHERMIC CIRCULATORY ARREST IN THE RAT
Sulzer C¹; de Lange F²; Yates R¹; Phillips-Bute B¹; Stafford-smith M¹; Mackensen G^1
1Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA; ²Utrecht University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands

SCA42 INFLUENCE OF VARIOUS THROMBIN INHIBITORS ON HEPARIN-INDUCED ANTICOAGULATION FOR CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS
Guzzetta N¹; Miller B¹; Todd K²; Szlam F¹; Tosone S^1
1Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA; ²Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, USA

SCA43 FUNCTIONAL DEFICITS IN RATS EXPOSED TO CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS VS. DEEP HYPOTHERMIA CIRCULATORY ARREST Drabek T¹; Fisk J¹; Dixon E¹; Garman R²; Stezoski J¹; Henchir J¹; Stezoski S¹; Tisherman S¹; Kochanek P^1
1University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; ²Consultants In Veterinary Pathology, Inc., Murrysville, PA, USA

SCA44 AN ASSOCIATION OF TYPE OF CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES WITH ACUTE CONFUSIONAL STATES AFTER SURGERY IN PATIENTS WITH AND WITHOUT ATHEROMATOUS DISEASE OF THE PROXIMAL THORACIC AORTA
Srinivas C; Looney Y; Vuckovic D; Karski J; Katznelson R; Carroll J; Fedorko L; Djaiani G
Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

SCA45 VOLUMETRIC AND FUNCTIONAL CHANGES OF RIGHT VENTRICLE AS A PREDICTOR FOR OUTCOME AFTER RESTORING SIZE AND SHAPE OF LEFT VENTRICLE-(SVR-SURGICAL VENTRICLE RESTORATION) WITH CABG IN DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY (DCM).
Shastri N; Mehta C
Heart Care Clinic, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

SCA46 COMPUTER GENERATED GLUCOSE MANAGEMENT IN THE OPERATING ROOM
Geller H; Burgess W; Coyle J;
Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC, USA

SCA47 QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF REGIONAL MYOCARDIAL FUNCTION USING 2D STRAIN
Kukucka M; Plaß M; Redlin M; Koster A; Kuppe H
German Heart Institute Berlin, Berlin, Germany

SCA48 A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN ECG- AND TEE- CONTROLLED PLACEMENT OF CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER
Krohmer E; Mukherjee C; Birnbaum U; Banusch J; Bellinghausen W; Ender J
University Leipzig Heartcenter, Leipzig, Germany

SCA49 PATIENT SAFETY IN CARDIAC ANESTHESIA: DOES IT HAVE A SEPARATE IDENTITY?
Barron M; Cooper L; Gallagher C
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA

SCA50 THROMBIN SUPPRESSION REDUCES THE INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE TO EXPERIMENTAL CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS.
Welsby I; Jones W; De Lange F; Philips-Bute B; Arepally G; Grocott H; Mackensen G
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

SCA51 ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE REQUIRING PRONE POSITION IN THE CARDIAC OPERATING ROOM
Felten M; Fedorko L; O’Leary G; Feindel C; Ralph-Edwards A; Karski J; Carroll J; Djaiani G
Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

SCA52 EFFECT OF INTRACORONARY SHUNT DURING RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY REVASCULARIZATION WITHOUT COLLATERAL SUPPLY ON RIGHT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING OFF PUMP CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT SURGERY
Kwak Y; Shim J; Shim Y; Hong Y; Na S
Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

SCA53 CALCULATION OF LEFT VENTRICULAR MASS: TRANSESOPHAGEAL VERSUS TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
Murphy S; Wirkus J; Christie A; Forsberg E; Morris R; Swaminathan M
Duke Univeristy Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

SCA54 EFFECT OF TRICUSPID ANNULOPLASTY ON POSTOPERATIVE TRICUSPID REGURGITATION FOLLOWING LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE IMPLANTATION
Chumnanvej S; Wood M; MacGillivray T; Vidal Melo M
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

SCA55 EVIDENCE-BASED PREDICTION OF TRANSFUSION REQUIREMENTS FOR AORTOCORONARY BYPASS GRAFT SURGERY
Lappas G; Phillips-Bute B; Smith P; Hill S; Bredehoeft S; Mathew J; Stafford-Smith M
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

SCA56 ISOFLURANE-INDUCED ANESTHETIC PRECONDITIONING IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT
Duncan A; Koch C; Pitas G; Starr N
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA

SCA57 COMPARISON OF MIXED VENOUS SATURATION- SVO2 (PULMONARY ARTERY) AND SCVO2 (CENTRAL VEIN) AND RELEVANCE TO HAEMODYNEMICS IN OPCAB SURGERY. STUDY OF 50 CASES.
Shastri N
Heart Care Clinic, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

SCA58 ACUTE HIGH OUTPUT FAILURE FROM AN AORTO
VENTRICULAR FISTULA DUE TO A RUPTURED SINUS OF VALSALVA ANEURYSM FOLLOWING BLUNT CHEST TRAUMA
Muehlschlegel J; Alomar-Melero E; Staples E; Janelle G
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

SCA59 THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN MANNITOL DOSE AND POSTOPERATIVE ACUTE RENAL INJURY IN AORTOCORONARY BYPASS SURGICAL PATIENTS
Szabo T; DeSimone N; Moaref K; Phillips-Bute B; Lawson S; Sinsir S; Stafford-Smith M
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

SCA60 DETECTION OF INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY FLOW WITH TEE DURING RETROGRADE CEREBRAL PERFUSION
Kin N¹, Komori C¹; Ono N¹; Orii R¹; Konstadt S^2
1University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan; ²Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA

SCA61 IMPROVING PATIENT SAFETY: IMPLEMENTATION OF A LOCALLY-DEVISED NOMOGRAM VS. EMPIRIC VANCOMYCIN DOSING IN THE POST CARDIAC SURGERY PATIENT
Papadimos T¹; Grabarczyk J²; Marco A^1
1Medical University of Ohio, Toledo, OH; ²St. Luke’s Hospital, Maumee, OH, USA

SCA62 MYOCARDIAL PERFORMANCE INDEX AND TISSUE DOPPLER SYSTOLIC VELOCITY IN CARDIAC SURGERY PATIENTS
Beathe J; Brown N; Ryjikov N; Girardi L; Lee L; Nikolaos S
Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

SCA63 GLUCOSE MANAGEMENT FOR THE CARDIAC RECOVERY ROOM
Velardo B; Geller H; Burgess W
Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC, USA

SCA64 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC CLASSIFICATIONS OF AORTIC ATHEROSCLEROSIS SEVERITY AND THEIR IMPACT ON CARDIAC SURGICAL TECHNIQUE
Novalija J¹; Fox A²; Body S²; Collard C³; Fox J²; Shernan S^{2 1}Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI; ²Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; ³Texas Heart Institute, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX, USA

SCA65 ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC EQUIVALENTS OF PATHOANATOMY DIRECTING BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE REPAIR
Savage R; Alfirevic A; Pettersson G; Blackstone E; Wallace L; Apostalakis J; Starr N
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA

SCA66 FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY ASSISTED NASAL INTUBATION FOR INTRAOPERATIVE TEE IN LOW BODY WEIGHT PATIENTS
Kin N¹; Ono N¹; Komori C¹; Orii R¹; Konstadt S^2
1University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan; ²Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA

SCA67 INOTROPIC EFFECT OF VOLATILE PRECONDITIONING
Cork R; Liu Y; Wang H; Elsharydah A
LSU Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA, USA

SCA68 THE ADVANTAGES OF COMBINED EPIDURAL AND GENERAL ANESTHESIA VS. CONVENTIONAL GENERAL ANESTHESIA IN OFF PUMP CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY
Petrovski V; Slavevski D; Stoicovski E; Belostotskii V; Hristov N; Mitrev Z
Special Hospital for Cardiosurgery Filip II, Skopje, Macedonia

SCA69 THE EFFECT OF MILRINONE ON BLOOD FLOW OF THE Y-GRAFT COMPOSED WITH THE RADIAL AND INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY IN PATIENTS WITH CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
Kwak Y; Na S; Shim Y; Shim J; Hong Y
Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

Tuesday Posters, May 2, 2006 • 12 noon – 1:30 pm

Moderators: Katherine P. Grichnik, MD/Jeffery S. Vender, MD

SCA70 ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT OF AORTIC ATHEROMA BURDEN AND IMPACT ON ADVERSE OUTCOMES AFTER CARDIAC SURGERY: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF GRADING SYSTEMS
Murphy S¹; Morris R¹; Glas K²; Shernan S⁵; Reeves S⁴; Shanewise J³; Swaminathan M¹; Intraoperative Council of the American Society of Echocardiography^1
1Duke Univeristy Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA; ²Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA; ³Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA; ⁴Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA; ⁵Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

SCA71 CHANGING TRENDS IN NEUROLOGICAL OUTCOMES FOLLOWING CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY – A SINGLE INSTITUTION EXPERIENCE OF 33,009 CASES OVER 15 YEARS
Mishra M; Karlekar A; Trehan N
Escorts Heart Institute & Research Centre, New Delhi, India

SCA72 EMERGENCY AVR IN PREGNANCY - THE USE OF NOREPINEPHRINE AFTER CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS
Cooper L; Barron M; Gallagher C
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA

SCA73 INTRAOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS OF A PULMONARY ARTERY THROMBUS USING CONTRAST-ENHANCED TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
Izrailtyan I; Clark J; Swaminathan M; Podgoreanu M; Mackensen B; Davis R; Mathew J
Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

SCA74 SHOULD TEE BE ROUTINELY USED PRIOR TO CENTRAL LINE INSERTION?
Muzic D; Patel K; Minhaj M; Gramling-Babb P; Tung A; Chaney M
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

SCA75 ANESTHETIC CONSIDERATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH THE 3RD GENERATION VENTRASSIST LVAS DEVICE PRESENTING FOR NON-CARDIAC SURGERY.
McIlroy D; Buckland M; Esmore D; Anaesthesia Group T
Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

SCA76 THE EFFECTS OF SEVOFLURANE ON APOPTOSIS FOLLOWING MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA
Yu W; Lorencevic I; R Reedy; Patel T; Nader N
University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA

SCA77 COMPARISON OF SVO2 AND ETCO2 AS RELIABLE FUNCTIONAL HAEMODYNEMIC PARAMETER FOR ADEQUACY OF CARDIAC OUTPUT IN OPCAB SURGERY
Shastri N
Heart Care Clinic, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

SCA78 THE EFFECT OF HIGH THORACIC EPIDURAL ON GLYCAEMIC CONTROL AND INSULIN REQUIREMENT AFTER ON-PUMP CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY
Mahmoud A; Berridge J
Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK

SCA79 DOES RESPIRATION WITH A HIGH FRACTION OF INSPIRATORY OXYGEN INCREASE THE PULMONARY BLOOD FLOW IN CASES WITH LEFT-TO-RIGHT SHUNT?
Kurokawa S¹; Honma T¹; Baba H¹; Nomura M^2
1Niigata University, Niigata City, Niigata Pr, Japan; ²Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

SCA80 BYPASSING THE ICU AFTER OPCAB: A PROSPECTIVE AUDIT
Hemmerling T; Basile F; Noiseux N; Prieto I
University of Montreal, Montreal, PQ, Canada

SCA81 EFFECT OF ROUTINE INTRAOPERATIVE TEE ON SURGICAL MANAGEMENT IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING CARDIAC SURGERY
Patel K; Muzic D; Minhaj M; Gramling-Babb P; Tung A; Chaney M
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

SCA82 IMPLANTATION OF THE VENTRASSIST LVAS - ANESTHETIC MANAGEMENT
Buckland M¹; McIlroy D¹; Daly D¹; Cairo S¹; Silvers A¹; Esmore D¹; Begg J^2
1Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; ²Ventracor Ltd, Chatswood, New South, Australia

SCA83 OFF PUMP CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS ON AWAKE PATIENTS USING A NOVEL TECHNIQUE
Prieto I; Noiseux N; Basile F; Hemmerling T
University of Montreal, Montreal, PQ, Canada

SCA84 DOES SODIUM BICARBONATE REDUCE POST-OPERATIVE RENAL FAILURE AFTER CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS?
Zvara D; Amitie D; Beck C; Fisher, Jr. E; Reichert M; Kon N; Houle T
Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA

SCA85 PULSE PRESSURE IS A BETTER PREDICTOR OF STROKE VOLUME THAN PULMONARY ARTERY DERIVED PARAMETERS
Falcucci O; Weis R; Zhu J; Ewbanks B; Berger B; Spiess B
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA

SCA86 AWAKE OFF PUMP CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY: INITIAL EXPERIENCE
Petrovski V; Anguseva T; Belostotskii V; Hristov N; Mitrev Z
Special Hospital for Cardiosurgery Filip II, Skopje, Macedonia

SCA87 THE PREVALENCE OF PLATELET FACTOR FOUR HEPARIN COMPLEX ANTIBODIES IN A HETEROGENEOUS CARDIAC SURGERY POPULATION
Cain R; DeAnda A; Volman R; Baker K; Kasirajan V; Spiess B; Nelson M; Falcucci O
Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, VA, USA

SCA88 BLOODLESS THORACIC AORTIC SURGERY REQUIRING DEEP HYPOTHERMIC CIRCULATORY ARREST: CASE SERIES FROM A HIGH-VOLUME UNIVERSITY CENTER
Augoustides J; Harris H; Watson T; Pochettino A; Bavaria J; Savino J
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

SCA89 IMPACT OF AGE AND GROWTH HORMONE ON ANESTHETIC-INDUCED ALTERATIONS IN CARDIAC PERFORMANCE
Beck C; Bennett C; Sonntag W; Groban L
Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA

SCA90 Withdrawn

SCA91 THE USE OF CT GENERATED 3D MODELS FUSED WITH TEE IN THE COMPLEX CARDIAC PROCEDURE: HELPING CLINICIANS EXPERIENCE ANATOMIC ANOMALY IN A VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENT.
Bernstein W; George I; Abrishamchian A; Brown J
University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA

SCA92 HEMOSTASIS FOR ROBOT ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPIC PROSTATECTOMY: OUR EXPERIENCE WITH MICROPOROUS POLYSACCHARIDE HEMOSPHERES
Ereth M, Magera Jr J, Nuttall G, Oliver Jr W, Gettman M
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA

SCA93 ANESTHETIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION ERRORS REPORTED TO A UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CQI SYSTEM
Bowdle A; Freund P; Posner K
University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

SCA94 IMPACT OF CARDIAC INDEX ON CEREBRAL REGIONAL OXYGEN SATURATION
Connelly G; Campbell L
Cape Cod Hospital, Hyannis, MA, USA

SCA95 INCIDENCE OF MASSIVE BLEEDING IN A BLINDED RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC DRUGS IN HIGH RISK CARDIAC SURGERY
Mazer D¹, Fergusson D², Hebert P², Rodger M², Pretorius R², Teoh K³, MacAdams C⁴, Robblee J⁵, Bussieres J⁶, Karski J⁷, Karkouti K⁷, Arellano R⁸, Duke P⁹, Blajchman M¹⁰, Murkin J¹¹, Fremes S^12
1St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; ²Ottawa Health Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada; ³Hamilton Health Sciences Centre, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁴Foothills Medical Center, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁵University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁶Institue Universitaire de cardiologiew et de pneumonie, Quebec, PQ, Canada, ⁷Toronto Hospital-General Division, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸QE II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, NS, Canada, ⁹University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ¹⁰McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ¹¹London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada, ¹²Schulich Heart Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

SCA96 Withdrawn

SCA97 PATIENT SAFETY IN CARDIAC ANESTHESIOLOGY - DO AUTOMATED ANESTHESIA MEDICATION DISPENSING SYSTEMS DELAY ACCESS TO EMERGENCY MEDICATIONS?
Cooper L¹; Barron M¹; Gallagher C¹; Powell T²; Hitchen K^2
1University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA; ²Jackson Health System, Miami, FL, USA

Table of Contents

• CME Verification of Participation Forms
  • SCA 2006 Annual CME Verification Form
  • Workshop Sessions / Clinical Case Discussions Form
  • Workshop Sessions / Essentials of CPB Form
  • Workshop Sessions / Hand-held Ultrasound Form
  • Workshop Sessions / Mechanical Assist Devices Form
  • Workshop Sessions / Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia Form
  • Workshop Sessions / Professional development Form
  • Workshop Sessions / TEE Review Course Form
  • Workshop Sessions / TEE for the Practicing Anesthesiologist Form
  • Workshop Sessions / Thoracic Anesthesia Form
  • Sunday Problem-based Learning Discussions Form
  • Monday Problem-based Learning Discussions Form
  • Tuesday Problem-based Learning Discussions Form
  
  
• General Information
• Faculty
• Learning Objectives
• Faculty Database
• Exhibitor Information


• PROGRAM SCHEDULE
  • Friday, April 28, 2006 and Saturday, April 29, 2006
  • Sunday, April 30, 2006
  • Monday, May 1, 2006
  • Tuesday, May 2, 2006
  • Wednesday, May 3, 2006
  
  
  • Saturday Afternoon Workshops
  • Saturday Late Afternoon Workshops
  • Sunday Evening Sessions
  • Wednesday Morning Workshops
  
  
  • Problem Based Learning (PBL) Discussions and PBL Faculty
  • PBLD Sample for Faculty
  
  
• Mexican Fiesta


• Hotel Reservation Form
  
  
• Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships Form
• CME Requirements Form
• Audio Visual Form
• Full Program as PDF
• Accepted Abstracts